4The 5th Kerala Film Critics Awards have been announced. Aavasavyuham directed by Krishanth is the best film. Best actor Dulquer Salmaan. The award is for the performance of the films Kurup and Salute. Actress Durga Krishna (born). Martin Prakkat is the best director (Naayat).
Second Best Film: Minnal Murali. (Producer : Sophia Paul)
Best Second Film Director: Basil Joseph.
Best Supporting Actor : Unni Mukundan (Mepadiyaan)
Best Supporting Actress: Manju Pillai (Home)
Best Child Actor: Master An Mai (My Rain), Master Abhimanyu (Thuruth)
Best Screenplay : Jeethu Joseph (Drishy-2), Jose K. Manuel (Director)
Best Lyricist: Jayakumar K Pavithran (My Rain)
Best Music Direction : Hisham Abdul Wahab (Heart, Sweet)
Best Playback Singer : Suraj Santhosh (Gaganame – Maduram)
Best Playback Singer: Aparna Rajeev (Tira Thotum Thiram Mele – Thurut)
Best Cinematography: Aslam K Purail (Salute)
Best Cinematographer : Prajeesh Prakash (Home)
Best Voice Writer: Dan Jose (Saras)
Best Art Director : Manu Jagat (Minnal Murali)
Best Makeup Artist: Binoy Kollam (Thuruth)
Best Costume Design: Arun Manohar (Sabash Chandra Bose)
Best Popular Film: Heart (Director: Vineeth Srinivasan)
Director Joshi will be felicitated with the Film Gem. This is an award given in recognition of comprehensive contributions. Actor Suresh Gopi will be felicitated with the Critics Jubilee Award and Revathi, Urvashi, Babu Namboothiri and Kochuprema will be felicitated with the Film Pratibha Award.
Best new talent
Directed by: Sanu John Varghese (Who Knows), Fr Varghese Lal (R), Binoy Vellore (Moscow Kavala), KS Hariharan (Kalachekon), Sujith Lal (Two)
Special Jury Award for Directorial Excellence: VC Abhilash (Sabash Chandra Bose)
Special Jury Award for Best Feature Film: Film (Directed by Abdul Ghafoor)
Special Jury Award for Presentation of Anti-Drug Theme: College Cuties (Directed by AKB Kumar)
Special Jury Award for Producer: Shanta Murali (Saras), Mathew Mambra (Cherathus).
Special Jury Award for Best Acting
Bheeman Raghu (Kalachekon), Priyanka Nair (Intro), Kalabhavan Rahman (Two), Vishnu Unnikrishnan (Picture : Two, Red River), Shruti Ramachandran (Madhuram), Ratheesh Ravi (Dharani), Anoop Khalid (Six Hours).
Special Jury Award for Lyrics: Lekha B Kumar (College Cuties)
Special Jury Award for Female Singer: PK Medini (Thee)
Special Jury Award for Cinematography: Unni Madavoor (Holy Wound)
Special Jury Award for Presentation of Diverse Subjects: Dharani (Director – Srivallabhan), Holy Wound (Director – Ashok R Nath) and That Face (Director – Abhilash Purushothaman)
The awards were announced by Dr. George Onakure, president of the association and chairman of the jury. Dr. George Onakure Chairman and Thekinkad Joseph, M.F. Thomas, A. Chandrasekhar, Dr. Aravindan Vallachira, Suku Palkulangara, Adv. Poovapalli Ramachandran Nair, Prof. Vishwamangalam Sundaresan, Balan Tirumala, G. The awards were decided by a jury consisting of Gopinath and Murali Kottakkam.